Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: aghast
IPA transcription: [əɡ'æst]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked
    Meaning: struck with fear, dread, or consternation
Usage examples
  • I stood aghast.
  • I gazed aghast.
  • I looked at her, aghast.
  • Aghast at his own helplessness
  • Elsie stared at me, more aghast and more puzzled than ever.
  • Meantime I sank aghast into the chair which she had vacated.
  • "Your ship?" quoth the other, aghast, and still more aghast he added: "Your clothes?
  • Vincent, aghast, begged her to sit down and talk the matter over, but Madame declined curtly.
  • But Small Porges had seen, and stood aghast, and Miss Priscilla had seen, and now hurried forward with a quick tap, tap of her stick.
  • The Judge left the Court, looking deeply disgusted: But the Snark, though a little aghast, As the lawyer to whom the defense was entrusted, Went bellowing on to the last.